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How to use this section
This section provides a series of star ratings across a range of
indicators, with institutions' results allocated to bands. On the
premise that no institution is superb at everything, these rankings
provide high-level indicators and should be used to gain
comparative insights into the varying strengths and
characteristics of each institution. Across the ratings, institutions
are sorted alphabetically within each band. The ratings are
grouped together under common themes.
'The institutions compared' ratings
These tables include a number of ratings and rankings (beginning
on page 47) that detail the position of each university in five major
areas:
· 'Characteristics'
· 'The student body'
· 'Access and equity'
· 'The educational experience'
· 'Graduate outcomes'.
Characteristics
Date established as a university
This indicates when each provider was established as a
university. This information has been obtained from publicly
available sources.
University by region
This indicates the location of each university, including whether it
is mainly metropolitan, mainly regional or located across both
metropolitan and regional campuses. This information has been
obtained from publicly available sources.
Student demand
* * * * * means that the number of commencing bachelor
degree students with high entrance scores as a proportion of all
commencing undergraduates at one university is comparatively
high enough to place it amongst the top 20 per cent of
universities enrolling students with high entrance scores;
* * * * puts it in the next 20 per cent; and so on.
Students who achieve a high entrance score are usually eligible
to enrol in a wider range of institutions than students with lower
scores. A university is considered to be in demand if it enrols a
comparatively high proportion of high achievers.
This rating is based on the mean decile ATAR of commencing
students at each university in 2013. The rating is indicative of
school leavers enrolled on the basis of an entrance score only.
The rating does not reflect demand from other types of
commencing students, such as those with VET qualifications.
Research grants
* * * * * places the institution among the top 20 per cent of
research institutions; * * * * places it in the second 20 per
cent; and so on.
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This rating is based on the total value of funding approved for this
institution by the Department of Education and Training under the
Discovery Projects scheme (2015) and Joint Research
Engagement scheme (2015), and by the Australian Research
Council under the Linkage Projects scheme (2014).
Research intensity
* * * * * places the institution among the top 20 per cent of
research institutions; * * * * places it in the second 20 per
cent; and so on.
This rating is based on the total value of funding approved for this
institution per capita of equivalent full-time research staff by the
Department of Education and Training under the Discovery
Projects scheme (2015) and Joint Research Engagement
scheme (2015), and by the Australian Research Council under
the Linkage Projects scheme (2014). The equivalent number of
full-time research academic staff referenced in this rating is as
published by the Department of Education and Training for 2014.
Access and equity
Social equity
* * * * * means that this institution's proportion of
commencing domestic students from a low socioeconomic
background is high enough to put it in the top 20 per cent;
* * * * puts it in the top 40 per cent; and so on.
The numbers referenced in this rating are sourced from the
Department of Education and Training and refer to the 2013
enrolment year. Students from low socioeconomic backgrounds
are defined by the Department of Education and Training's 'Low
SES (CD) Measure (d)' category. This category refers to a
combination of factors that determine a student's social equity
background, such as their home address and parents'
occupation.
The student body
Student numbers
This indicates whether a university is very big in terms of the total
number of students enrolled, very small or in between. The
numbers referenced in this chart are sourced from the
Department of Education and Training and refer to the total
number of undergraduate and postgraduate students for the 2013
enrolment year.
Domestic versus international undergraduates
This chart indicates the mix of domestic and international
undergraduate students across all universities. The numbers
referenced in this chart are sourced from the Department of
Education and Training and refer to the total number of
undergraduate students for the 2013 enrolment year.